Meningeal worm in deer from Western Nebraska

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 370-373

  Oates, David W ^a   Sterner, Mauritz C ^b   Boyd, Ed ^a  

^a NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS COMMISSION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Meningeal worm; Mule deer; Odocoileus hemionus; Odocoileus virginianus; Parelaphostrongylus tenuis; Survey; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PARELAPHOSTRONGYLUS TENUIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DEER; DURA MATER; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DEER; DURA MATER; FEMALE; MALE; METASTRONGYLOIDEA; NEBRASKA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0034168135     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-36.2.370     Document Type: Article

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